The Portland daily press., 1887-09-14
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
pAr,s WARDROBE.

Next Saturday might the popular Pat
Rooney will appear at Portland Theatre in
his new piece "Pat's Wardrobe" The sale
Of seats will begin tomorrow. The Man
chester Union says: "The popular Pat
Rooney drew fair-sized audience to the
Opera House last evening, to laugh at his
eccentric delineation of farcical Irish char
acter. 1t proved an entertaining evening as
the hearty sughteE Of the audience tha Se.t his
ting that Pat Rooney has had for the display
of his speciality. 1t is a broad farce, and
ample play is given for the eccentric In the
ape-like antics of the wild Man Of Bor-
neo," Walter Wentworth. AS "Pat O'Hool-
ihan," Rooney appears without variation
from his familiar line. A part created Tor
Katie Rooney, under the title of "Christo-
pher," gives the little lady plenty of room to
display clever talent that is rapidly devel-
oping. She fairly divided the success Of the
evening with the elder Rooney The small
company required to carry the detail of the
play did its work quite creditably."
THE BIJoU.
We hope our readers will not neglect the
performances of Fra Diavolo that are being
given at the Bijou Rink by the Wilkinson
Opera Company. The public who have seen
the opera presented at Greenwood Garden
are well aware Of the merits of Miss Chris
tina Brown, Miss Jaynes, Messrs. Percy
Cooper, Arthur Wilkinson, Boyle, Moulton,
Kendall and Dudley. Miss Perle Dudley is
the musical director and is a whole orches-
ira in herself. The opera will be repeated at
the matinees today and tomorrow. as well as
the evenings of the same days.
MILE. RHEA.
This charming actress will, next Monday
evening, present her portrayal of Galatea in
w. S. Gilbert's NEUROLOGICAL comedy of
"Pygmalion and Galatea," at Portland The
atre. Mile. Rbea has won new laurels by
her rendition of this character.
THE NEW NATIONAL OPERA.
Charles E. Locke, who was manager of
the National Opera Company. which came
to such a grievous ending, has organized
from the remains of that company another
institution to be known as "The National
OPERA" and will open in New York the 7th
of next November. If success crowns these
efforts, the company will be heard in Boston
early in January. The repertoire includes
Nero Faust" "Lohengrin," "The
Prophet" and 1.-THE Queen of Sheba." Gus
tav Hinrichs, who was assistant to Theo-
dore Thomas last year, will be the con-
will be Emma Ju:h, Nine. Fursch-Madi,
Helen Hastreiter.. Clara Poole, Amanda
Fabris, Agnes Pering and Bertha Person
OF the male members of the company con-
tracts have been made with Sylvia, the dra-
matte tenor, who created the role of Nero
in Europe, and Barton McGuckin, who has
been the leading tenor in England with Carl
Rosa's company for the past four years,
Ludwig, the baritone of the American
Opera Company, and also Alonzo Stoddard.
A new English baritone named Black, who
in Europe, is pronounced a second Santley,
and Frank Vetta, an American, who has
made good reputation in London as a basso
profundo. The chorus will be composed
pretty:much of the same material as was in
the National Opera Company. Mr.. Locke
states that the new company will receive its
capital from himself and his friends, and
that none of the hackers of the old company
are interested in it. He lays the failure of
the old organization to ''eXorbitant salaries
paid singers who least deserved them"
NOTES.
Booth and Barrett opened their season at
Buffalo Monday night, in Julius Caesar. The
receipts were $500.
The German Spectacular Minstrels drew
another delighted audience to City Hall last
night.
The Michael Strogoff Company appeared
for the last time at Portland Theatre last
evening,